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title: "Scientific notation"
slug: "scientific-notation"
tags: ["Life Sciences", "Quality Control and Assurance"]
updated: 2026-06-25T10:24:07Z
published: 2026-06-25T10:24:07Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/scientific-notation"
---

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# Scientific notation

Life Sciences Quality Control & Assurance allows to display specifications in scientific notation. This is especially useful to verify the correctness of the specification fields (**Min**, **Max** and **Standard**) when the required numbers are very large or very small. That is, many digits before or after the decimal separator.

In such cases, it is possible to enable the **Display in scientific** parameter in the test group lines (**Life Sciences Quality Control & Assurance > Setup > Quality control > Test groups**). When the parameter is enabled, the following fields automatically populate:

- **Min (Scientific)**: it displays the **Min** value in scientific notation. For example, if **Min** is “100,000,000.00”, the **Min (Scientific)** field displays 1.00E+008.
- **Standard (Scientific)**: it displays the **Standard** value in scientific notation. For example, if **Standard** is “200,000,000.00”, the **Standard (Scientific)** field displays 2.00E+008.
- **Max (Scientific)**: it displays the **Max** value in scientific notation. For example, if **Max** is “300,000,000.00”, the **Max (Scientific)** field displays 3.00E+008.

The **Display in scientific** parameter is inherited by quality orders, where the **Min (Scientific)**, **Standard (Scientific)**, and **Max (Scientific)** fields are displayed in the same format.

## Related

- [Test groups](/test-groups.md)
- [Quality control setup](/quality-control-setup.md)